svchost.exe?!

[SYDC8]

Hello, I just have a very simple question for you guys.
Recently, I clicked on task manager and went to processes tab and I noticed that
I was running 4-5 svchost.exe. I was wondering if this multiple of svchost is normal.
Thanx in advance.

 

[fredtam]

Yes its normal.

Link

 

[stephbu]

By using Sysinternals ProcExp to look inside the SvcHost processes, you can look at the libraries it loaded to tell what each instance does.

SvcHost is a 'shared wrapper' that is used for many of the intrinsic NT services.

 

[dpm]

Originally posted by: stephbu
By using Sysinternals ProcExp to look inside the SvcHost processes, you can look at the libraries it loaded to tell what each instance does. SvcHost is a 'shared wrapper' that is used for many of the intrinsic NT services.

Thanks for the link, stephbu - that's a superb site. It'll come in really useful.